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Post by cabintom on Mar 18, 2016 15:00:32 GMT
This one's got me stumped. (Though I'm pretty sure it belongs within Thermoniphas.) Caught 9/I/2016 Bunia, Ituri, DRC (1°32'N, 30°16'E) 1275m (This was middle of the dry season, caught in a savanna setting along a small river/creek without much dense vegetation.)  There's 3 features I can't seem to reconcile into an identification: 1. Upperside hindwing black costa 2. Underside forewing black spot along the costa 3. Underside hindwing shape of the submarginal black spots (which are noticeably triangular) |
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Post by africaone on Mar 18, 2016 15:24:56 GMT
yes a Thermoniphas ... difficut to identify the species (this has a look of togara ?)
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Post by cabintom on Mar 18, 2016 15:49:01 GMT
this has a look of togara was what I initially thought, but the plates in Les Papillons du Zaire don't quite match... especially the costa of the HW recto, which in the plate is the same colour as the rest of the wing... but also the lack of that dot on the verso. The other thought I had was T. micylus, but I can't find anything that would suggest it should be found anywhere near here. |
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Post by africaone on Mar 19, 2016 9:33:45 GMT
this has a look of togara was what I initially thought, but the plates in Les Papillons du Zaire don't quite match... especially the costa of the HW recto, which in the plate is the same colour as the rest of the wing... but also the lack of that dot on the verso. The other thought I had was T. micylus, but I can't find anything that would suggest it should be found anywhere near here. did you contact SCC or Robert ? |
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Post by cabintom on Mar 19, 2016 16:08:00 GMT
did you contact SCC or Robert ? Not yet. But since it is now apparent that I haven't missed something obvious, I think I will. |
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Post by africaone on Mar 20, 2016 15:54:20 GMT
I checked my books and the closest seems to be micylus. I also seen a " kamitugensis" was described by Dufrasne and never illustrated (Then I don't know what it is, kamituga bieng not far from your location). The genus seemed to be revised. I think hat Marianne Espeland has a project on this.
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